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These Seattle restaurateurs are raising money for Lebanon amid conflict with Israel

More than 30 restaurants will individually contribute to the Lebanese Red Cross through the end of this month.
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Health

Washington offered state Medicaid to undocumented adults. Thousands still don't have coverage

Washington state has extended new health insurance options to undocumented immigrants, but thousands of people who are eligible are still waiting for coverage.
Eilís O'Neill
Economy

90 days to make a life: One Afghan family’s resettlement in Washington state

Afghans continue to top the list of new refugee arrivals in Washington state. More than 5,000 have resettled here in the past two years. For this first wave of refugees from Afghanistan, it can be a lot to figure out from scratch. Especially when the resettlement process gives families only three months of support.
Kamna Shastri
As King County moves to reopen Kent hotel for the unhoused, asylum-seekers hope they won’t be forgotten
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Business

Faced with limited work options, asylum-seekers are starting businesses in Washington state
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Asylum-seekers living outdoors brace for Seattle-area heat wave
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Hundreds in Seattle become U.S. citizens on Independence Day

Hundreds of people in Seattle woke up this morning not as immigrants, but as newly minted U.S. citizens. The annual naturalization ceremony was held at Seattle Center on July 4 — Independence Day.
Casey Martin
Undocumented Washingtonians can now work as doctors, teachers under new professional licensing law
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Despite threats of removal, asylum-seekers in Kent remain at camp next to empty hotel

For now, asylum-seekers camping out in front of a vacant county-owned hotel in the city of Kent are not going to be relocated.
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
National

Arrests at the U.S. border fall in April, bucking usual spring increase

U.S. officials have largely attributed the decline to more enforcement in Mexico, including in yards where migrants are known to board freight trains.
The Associated Press

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